Comments on: Canh Kho Qua (Bitter Gourd Soup)

By: Kim

Kim — Mon, 11 Dec 2006 03:41:01 +0000

mmm I remember sometime it depends on how/who cooks it for it to be bitter or not.I remeber a few times it was quite sweet in flavour the soup. ^_^ its enjoyable at times

By: chau

chau — Fri, 14 Oct 2005 13:56:27 +0000

I love canh kho hoa. I think only the Southerners eat them. Most Bac don’t. My 2 and 4 year old love them. In the summer, we eat it once a week. They love canh kho hoa so much that somestimes they ask for it. I stuff my kho hoa with ground pork, shimp, glass noodles, and mushrooms.

yummmmm!!!!

By: vyfaifoo

vyfaifoo — Mon, 18 Apr 2005 08:31:50 +0000

Who can tell me the exact effect of kho qua. Since I just have general information about it is that it’s good for health, I do not know exactly what it can bring to our body?

I also love kho qua very much and I intend to drink the raw kho qua but not to drink canh kho qua. So, I need the information about it to avoid the side effect.

By: Hoa

Hoa — Sun, 27 Feb 2005 04:57:09 +0000

I love canh kho qua

By: Donny

Donny — Fri, 17 Sep 2004 12:02:00 +0000

kho^? qua :) I like that.

“An canh gi ma sao kho qua vay?”

By: quynh

quynh — Fri, 17 Sep 2004 01:12:32 +0000

Wow, very impressive website and interesting posts, so I just wanted to leave a note. Now I know what kho qua means. I used to screamed kho^? qua’ each time my mom shoved canh kho qua down my throat :-).

By: Trung

Trung — Wed, 15 Sep 2004 18:36:14 +0000

Hu~ Qua (Southern accent)

By: Trung

Trung — Wed, 15 Sep 2004 18:32:15 +0000

haha! nooo…”ho wa” in America

By: Donny

Donny — Wed, 15 Sep 2004 18:00:33 +0000

Nah Trung, in the south we call “ho qua.” I just learnt the proper term for it.

By: Trung

Trung — Wed, 15 Sep 2004 17:56:06 +0000

So Kho Qua is trasliterated from Ku Gua (Chinese). Thanks for sharing the infomation, Hung & Ha.

Another Additional information that I found:

Northern Vietnamese call “Mu*o*’p Dda(‘ng”
Southern Vietnameses call “Kho^? Qua”

Common name: pomme de merveille, pomo balsamo, balsamini longa, muop dang, tsuru reishi, bittergourd, bitter melon, balsam pear, sopropo, arsorossie, ku gua foo, pare, peria, karela, balsamina, balsamapfel, mara.

There’re hundred different kinds and shapes.